The long-maligned Veterans Health Administration has become the highest-quality healthcare provider in the United States. This encouraging change not only has benefited veterans but also provides a blueprint for salvaging America's own deeply troubled healthcare system. Read More »

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In his book “Making Open Innovation Work” by Stefan Lindegaard, he states that 'open innovation' is a philosophy or mind-set that more and more organizations realize they need to embrace in order to succeed I the 21st century. It's about organizations learning to trust and work with other organizations to solicit new ideas, share knowledge, and even work on projects that are mutually bene Read More »

The main sources of the free online Medical Dictionary offered by TheFreeDictionary are The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second Edition and Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers, which provide authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications, anatomical terms, noted medical personalities and much more. Read More »

Medical Informatics 20/20: Quality and Electronic Health Records (EHR) through Collaboration, Open Solutions, and Innovation (COSI)- Imagine a healthcare system in which digital and mobile technologies, medical knowledge at the point of need, and collaboration among providers deliver safe, high-quality care for everyone—a healthcare system that does not Read More »

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O'Reilly has published numerous books over the years using an open copyright license. They have partnered with two innovative non-profit organizations in this effort - Creative Commons and the Internet Archive. Many of the books are about the topic of open source or are about specific open source projects, languages, and products, e.g. Read More »

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This book is an excellent compendium of essays by the major open source leaders, including Torvalds, Stallman, Raymond, O'Reilly, and others. While the book is now a bit dated, it is definitely worth reading to get a feel for the birth of the Open Revolution and the thoughts of its founders. A free, online version of this book is available from O'Reilly Books.